In good company

For a list of the legal status of prostitution in different countries, check this nice fact sheet. The oldest profession in the world is legal in most of South America, and virtually all of Europe. Keeping the US company, on the other hand, are countries like China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Cuba, Uganda (and sadly, India).

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Jesse Ventura did comment on CNN once about governments wanting their share of the revenue generated from prostitution. Maybe they will decriminalize it if they are allowed a monopoly on the pimping business.

For whatever that is worth, Kautilya too had such a system in mind – prostitution as a government enterprise.